Michael Chandler’s refusal to take a COVID-19 vaccine may have placed his planned matchup against Justin Gaethje in jeopardy. The fight is targeted to happen at UFC 268 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, where a vaccine mandate is implemented.
Here’s what the number-four ranked contender said during an Instagram live session early this month.
It’s not that I’m anti-vax. It’s not that I don’t believe in the vaccine, necessarily. I’m just not going to get the vaccine until it’s 100 percent FDA approved.
We’ve had hundreds of clinical trials, just like we had the vaccines that my son has had – measles and chickenpox and all of the vaccines that have been around for 100 years that have been proven.